Lord Dykes: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How they are contributing to the work of the European Union Environment Agency in Copenhagen on policies to deal with global warming within the Sixth Environment Action Programme.

Lord Rooker: The Government participate fully within the European Environment Agency's (EEA-Copenhagen) Environmental Information and Observation Network (EIONET), including on any provision of data for matters relating to the Sixth Environmental Action Programme. We also help with the assessment activities that support the programme's own priority actions related to the thematic work being done on subjects such as climate change.
	The European Commission is currently in the process of conducting a mid-term review of the Sixth Environment Action Programme. The Government are contributing to this review.

Lord Rooker: The Energy Saving Trust (EST), which is funded by my department to promote energy efficiency in the household sector, runs campaigns aimed at encouraging consumers to take energy saving action. EST's evaluation of its current "Save Your 20 per cent" campaign is ongoing. For 2005-06, EST suggests that savings of more than 200,000 tonnes of carbon each year were influenced by its consumer-facing activities. Of this, 4,000 tonnes of carbon each year was attributed to 480,000 people switching off lights in unoccupied rooms (numbers turning off appliances were not recorded).

Lord Triesman: I believe that the noble Lord is referring to the German presidency's plans to transpose the Prüm convention into EU law. The presidency initiated a discussion on this topic at the Informal Justice and Home Affairs Council in Dresden on 15-16 January but has not yet tabled formal proposals.
	The Prüm Convention was signed on 27 May 2005 by France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium. It is designed to intensify cross-border police co-operation, especially in the fight against terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration.
	The Prüm Convention offers the potential to improve the exchange of information on DNA, fingerprints and vehicle registrations, which would have a real impact on our ability to bring serious criminals to justice. The Government support better practical co-operation between the police forces of member states and will carefully consider any formal proposals that the German presidency puts forward to transpose the convention into EU law.
	The exact process as to how Prüm or some of its provisions could be brought into the EU framework has yet to be agreed. Any EU instrument covering the transposition of the Prüm Convention into EU law would be subject to parliamentary scrutiny. Ministers have given evidence on the Prüm Convention to the Select Committee on the European Union, with my right honourable friend the Minister for Europe, Geoff Hoon, appearing before the committee on18 December 2006.

Lord Greaves: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What arrangements have been made for the disposal of the stocks of curd cheese at Bowland Dairy Products Limited.

Baroness Andrews: The total administrative funding of the government offices in 2006-07 was estimated at £127.99 million. This covers all running costs including staff costs, accommodation, et cetera.
	The government offices receive programme funding from seven sponsor departments. We do not hold financial data on all sponsor departments' programme fund expenditure which is channelled through government offices centrally. Total programme funding from Communities and Local Government for 2006-07 was estimated at £1.13 billion.
	In line with the government office review, management of programme funds forms only one element of the offices' role in the regions. The offices also have a key role in negotiating and brokering local area agreements and regional strategies, for example. The estimated, total administrative costs for each government office for 2006-07 are given below.
	
		
			 Government Office Total estimated administration costs for 2006-07 £m 
			 London 17.96 
			 South-east 13.97 
			 South-west 14.68 
			 East 12.59 
			 East Midlands 11.42 
			 West Midlands 14.89 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 12.19 
			 North-west 17.32 
			 North-east 12.97

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: Data on how many stroke patients out of the total were scanned within three hours of admission are not collected centrally.
	The number of stroke patients out of the total that were scanned within 24 hours of admission is detailed within the concise report of the Royal College of Physicians's (RCP) National Sentinel Stroke Audit 2004. Copies have been placed in the Library. The report of the 2006 clinical audit is due to be published in March 2007.
	The percentage of acute hospitals able routinely to scan patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week is shown in the attached table. This table is an extract from the RCP's National Sentinel Stroke Audit, Phase 1 Organisational Audit 2006 published in August 2006.
	
		
			 Table 29 Access to CT, MRI and Carotid Dopper imaging 
			  Computerised Tomography Magnetic Resonance Image Carotid Doppler 
			 % Yes 100 per cent 97 per cent 97 per cent 
			 Weekdays
			 0-4 hours 8 per cent <1 per cent 4 per cent 
			 5-24 hours 58 per cent 15 per cent 11 per cent 
			 25-48 hours 27 per cent 33 per cent 25 per cent 
			 More than 48 hours 7 per cent 52 per cent 60 per cent 
			 Weekends
			 0-4 hours 8 per cent 2 per cent 1 per cent 
			 5-24 hours 18 per cent 3 per cent 0.4 per cent 
			 25-48 hours 40 per cent 9 per cent 6 per cent 
			 More than 48 hours 35 per cent 85 per cent 90 per cent 
			 Source: Royal College of Physicians, National Sentinel Stroke Audit, Phase 1 Organisational audit 2006

The Earl of Sandwich: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether the Government of Israel's recent issue of tenders for 44 new housing units in Ma'aleh Adumim constitutes settlement expansion and is therefore in breach of international law; if so,on how many occasions they have made representations to the Government of the United States on this issue; and with what results.

Lord Triesman: Our embassy in Riyadh found no evidence to support the claim of illegal detention and deportation of49 members of the Ahmadiyya community.

Lord Triesman: The parties have made some progress on implementing the comprehensive peace agreement (CPA) but there have been delays and deadlines have been missed. There have also been clear violations of the CPA's security arrangements which have been reported to the well established and effective ceasefire monitoring mechanism. Such violations have mostly related to failures to re-deploy troops, integrate non-regular armed groups and form joint integrated units on time. There has also been a serious outbreak of violence in Malakal, southern Sudan, in late November 2006—representing the most severe violation of the CPA's security arrangements to date. The UK supports the parties in delivering their security commitments under the CPA by chairing the Security Working Group in the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC).
	We are deeply concerned at the overall slow progress being made to deliver the CPA. This could lead to future violations and deadlines within the agreement being missed. The Government are pressing the CPA parties, both bilaterally and through the AEC, to implement the agreement in full. We are also providing substantial development assistance through the Department for International Development in support of the CPA.